UNRAID - QSV doesn't work but VAAPI does

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UNRAID - QSV doesn't work but VAAPI does - cjcj2 - 2025-09-07

Hey all,
I've followed Ibracorps new video on setting up Jellyfin and the server is up and running fine, however when I am trying to do the hardware transcoding I am running into issues. I can get everything running when selecting VAAPI as the acceleration method, but when I select QVC no videos load at all and it gives the errors shown in the logs attached.
I followed everything in the video setup wise:

I have "Intel GPU TOP" & "GPU Statistics" plugin installed.
I've used the Official Jellyfin image
I've added the "INTEL GPU: /dev/dri/" Device field and the "Transcoding: /dev/shm" field.
I've set the transcoding in Jellyfin to QSV, set the device to "/dev/dri/" and changed the transcode path to "/transcode"

I am using UNRAID 7.0.1, the plugins are up to date, and I have an i5-14400 CPU which is QSV compatible.

I think it has something to do with this part of the ffmpeg log but I'm struggling to find a fix:

Code:
AVHWDeviceContext @ 0x5602c45d3840] No VA display found for device /dev/dri/.

Device creation failed: -22.

Failed to set value 'vaapi=va:/dev/dri/,driver=iHD' for option 'init_hw_device': Invalid argument

Error parsing global options: Invalid argument

Any help is appreciated!

RE: UNRAID - QSV doesn't work but VAAPI does - bitmap - 2025-09-08

What does vainfo say inside the container/VM?

RE: UNRAID - QSV doesn't work but VAAPI does - nyanmisaka - 2025-09-08

You specified a directory, not a DRM device. It's not surprising that it would fail.

RE: UNRAID - QSV doesn't work but VAAPI does - cjcj2 - 2025-09-08

(2025-09-08, 01:57 AM)bitmap Wrote: What does vainfo say inside the container/VM?

Ran the command inside the container and this is everything it output:

error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is invalid or not set in the environment.
error: can't connect to X server!
libva info: VA-API version 1.17.0
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_17
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.17 (libva 2.12.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel® Gen Graphics - 23.1.1 ()
vainfo: Supported profile and entrypoints
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointVideoProc
VAProfileNone : VAEntrypointStats
VAProfileMPEG2Simple : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileMPEG2Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264Main : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264High : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileJPEGBaseline : VAEntrypointEncPicture
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline: VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile0 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile1 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile2 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileVP9Profile3 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCMain12 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain422_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain422_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCMain444_10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCMain444_12 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCSccMain : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCSccMain : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCSccMain10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCSccMain10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileHEVCSccMain444 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCSccMain444 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP
VAProfileAV1Profile0 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10 : VAEntrypointVLD
VAProfileHEVCSccMain444_10 : VAEntrypointEncSliceLP